KIRTLAND, Ohio -- This is part of a series of recruiting snapshots we'll roll out leading up to National Signing Day on Wednesday.

Name: Sam Kukura.

School: Kirtland.

Position: RB.

Height, weight: 5-9, 200 pounds.

Rivals.com ranking: Not ranked.

College: Kent State, as a preferred walk-on.

Others considered: Toledo, Ohio Dominican.

Major: Exercise science.

How he fits in: "I'm excited to play running back because right now they are battling injuries and aren't very deep (at that position), so I'm excited to have a shot to compete and maybe, someday, earn a scholarship."

I knew I made the right college decision when… "I stepped foot on campus and talked to the coaches and met with all the players. My dad went there and played football there, so that’s always been my dream growing up – to follow in my dad’s footsteps."

The first thing I'm going to do when I get to campus is… "explore more. To visit more things that I didn’t see before."

My college dream is to... "play football and to get a good degree."

What people don't know about me is… "that I love to fish with my dad. I like camping. My dad and I will go to Key West and go fishing down at the ocean. We have a boat we take out on the lake here."

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